Arctic Moonrise – Weekly Inspiring Image

Late on a spring night in the Arctic Circle the lingering twilight illuminates a herd of reindeer while a massive orange moon rises outside the city of Salekhard in northwestern Siberia, Russia. This far north two seasons predominate, one with

The Far Corners – Weekly Inspiring Image

A woman carries supplies out of her choom (teepee-like home) as her nomadic group in northwestern Siberia packs up their sleds to move farther north for the summer. Even in the farthest corners of the world God’s Word is being

Frozen Light – Weekly Inspiring Image

Teepee-like structures called chooms are the portable homes of the nomadic Khanty and Nenets people who constantly follow herds of reindeer on their annual migration patterns through the forest and across the tundra of the Arctic region of Siberia. With

Candles in the Darkness – Weekly Inspiring Image

Russian Orthodox believers light candles as they pray in a large church in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Services in Russian Orthodox churches are filled with visual, auditory and olfactory symbols: candle light reflecting from gilded icons; responsive chants led by choirs

Intent on Translation

Olga Larovna, Nenets Bible translator, points out a translation detail to Eunsub Song, exegetical advisor to the translation project. Based in the northern Siberian city of Salekhard, Russia, the Nenets and Khanty translation and Scripture engagement teams represent many organizations

Colours of Russia – Weekly Inspiring Image

The bold and bright colours of Saint Basil’s Cathedral stand out against a grey Moscow sky. A unique asymmetrical masterpiece, the nine churches were constructed in 1555-61 and are unlike any other architecture in all of Russian history. Confiscated and